Internships and Mentoring

Helping pre-college and college students (with a weather/science career focus) gain invaluable knowledge, skills, and experiences
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Opportunities for Mentoring

How The Weatherworks is always looking to help provide internships / mentorships to interested high school and college students. Under these, mostly long-distance, experiences, interns can work on various projects that mutually support student growth, while meeting How The Weatherworks' needs. Internships typically last from six months to several years.

Interested students (with a weather or science focus, strong writing skills, and/or a willingness to research information about various science and other topics) can apply for these internships at any time. Simply review this information document and complete an inquiry form. Upon receipt, we'll get back to you with full application instructions.

Past Intern Research Projects

Our student interns have engaged in a significant array of activities. These include:
  • global hurricane climatology
  • an evaluation of Punxsutawney Phil's forecasting prowess (or lack thereof)
  • tidal considerations associated with hurricane landfall
  • exploration of a national water pipeline
  • development of an historical significant weather events database
  • linkages between autism spectrum conditions and weather
  • human perceptions of observed rainfall
  • writing for WeatherWise Magazine (first article in "Weather and Climate of the States" series, shown below)

Interns can work in any of the following areas, or others:

  • Weather-related research projects
  • Researching data and information for other topics
  • Designing / redesigning web pages
  • Collecting, tabulating, and analyzing weather data
  • Writing articles or blog posts
  • Creating educational and other videos

    • Internships are not just a one-way street. How The Weatherworks goes out of its way to ensure that its interns gain skills and experiences that many of their peers don't have.

    This includes providing college and career counseling, facilitating student attendance at AMS and NWA conferences, and enabling students to further round out their resumé by research, writing, and other experiences.